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Associations of tibia lead, DMSA-chelatable lead, and blood lead with measures of peripheral nervous system function in former organolead manufacturing workersP L Tassler
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Ind Med 39:254-61. 2001....
Disparities in cognitive functioning by race/ethnicity in the Baltimore Memory StudyBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:314-20. 2004....- Evaluation of cumulative lead dose and longitudinal changes in structural magnetic resonance imaging in former organolead workersBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:407-14. 2010.... - Public health and medicine in an age of energy scarcity: the case of petroleumBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1560-7. 2011..Uncertainty about the timing of the peak, the shape of the production curve, and decline rates should not delay action. The time for quick, decisive, comprehensive action is now... 
Body mass index and the built and social environments in children and adolescents using electronic health recordsBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:e17-28. 2011..No prior studies in children have evaluated how age may modify relationships of the built and social environments with BMI, nor evaluated the range of scales and contexts over which places may influence health...- Relations of brain volumes with cognitive function in males 45 years and older with past lead exposureBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Neuroimage 37:633-41. 2007..In this cohort, an interesting group in which to examine structure-function relations, this finding provides a necessary condition to support the hypothesis that lead may influence cognitive function by its effect on brain volumes... - Lead and cognitive function in adults: a questions and answers approach to a review of the evidence for cause, treatment, and preventionBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:671-92. 2007..The strong and compelling body of literature on lead and cognitive dysfunction and decline also supports a need for intervention studies to prevent lead-related cognitive decline... - Associations of blood lead, dimercaptosuccinic acid-chelatable lead, and tibia lead with neurobehavioral test scores in South Korean lead workersB S Schwartz
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Room 7041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 153:453-64. 2001..In these currently exposed workers, blood lead was a better predictor of neurobehavioral performance than was tibia or DMSA-chelatable lead, mainly in the domains of executive abilities, manual dexterity, and peripheral motor strength... - Adult lead exposure: time for changeBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:451-4. 2007..We hope this mini-monograph will motivate renewed discussion of ways to protect lead-exposed adults in the United States and around the world... - Past adult lead exposure is associated with longitudinal decline in cognitive functionB S Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Neurology 55:1144-50. 2000..To determine whether adults with past exposure to neurotoxicants have progressive declines in cognitive function years after exposure has ceased, and whether tibia lead is a predictor of the magnitude of change... - Associations of blood lead, dimercaptosuccinic acid-chelatable lead, and tibia lead with polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor and [delta]-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase genesB S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 108:949-54. 2000..4 microg/g) than did workers with the VDR bb genotype. The current data confirm past observations that the ALAD gene modifies the toxicokinetics of lead and also provides new evidence that the VDR gene does so as well... - Associations of tibial lead levels with BsmI polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor in former organolead manufacturing workersB S Schwartz
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 108:199-203. 2000..Although controversy remains on the influence of the VDR genotype on bone mineral density, the data suggest that variant VDR alleles modify lead concentrations in bone, either by influencing lead content or calcium content or both... - Global environmental change: what can health care providers and the environmental health community do about it now?Brian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1807-12. 2006.... - Environmental lead exposure and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adultsR A Shih
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Neurology 67:1556-62. 2006..A portion of age-related decrements in cognitive function in this population may be associated with earlier lead exposure... - Associations of patella lead with polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor, delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and endothelial nitric oxide synthase genesKeson Theppeang
Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:528-37. 2004..6 microg Pb/g bone mineral) than lead workers with the VDR bb genotype. There was evidence that the relation between age and patella lead was modified by both the VDR and eNOS genotypes... - Characterization of toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics with linear systems theory: application to lead-associated cognitive declineJ M Links
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2179, USA
Environ Health Perspect 109:361-8. 2001..We use lead-associated cognitive decline as a specific example where the approach may be applied... - Associations of uric acid with polymorphisms in the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, vitamin D receptor, and nitric oxide synthase genes in Korean lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1509-15. 2005..We conclude that genetic polymorphisms may modify uric acid mediation of lead-related adverse renal effects... - Association of blood lead and tibia lead with blood pressure and hypertension in a community sample of older adultsDavid Martin
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:467-78. 2006..These findings are discussed in the context of complex causal pathways. The data suggest that lead has an acute effect on blood pressure via recent dose and a chronic effect on hypertension risk via cumulative dose... - Associations of renal function with polymorphisms in the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, vitamin D receptor, and nitric oxide synthase genes in Korean lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:1613-9. 2003..08). No significant differences were seen in renal outcomes by VDR genotype, nor was consistent effect modification observed. The ALAD findings could be explained by lead-induced hyperfiltration... - Associations of lead biomarkers with renal function in Korean lead workersV M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Occup Environ Med 60:551-62. 2003..Associations between higher lead measures and lower BUN and serum creatinine and higher creatinine clearances may represent lead induced hyperfiltration. Environmental cadmium may also have an adverse renal impact, at least on NAG... - Gender and race/ethnicity differences in lead dose biomarkersKeson Theppeang
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Room W7041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1248-55. 2008.... - Associations of salivary cortisol with cognitive function in the Baltimore memory studyBrian K Lee
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:810-8. 2007..Previous studies have concluded that an elevated level of cortisol is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction and decline in aging but have been limited by sex exclusion, restricted cognitive batteries, and small sample sizes... - The G(894)-T(894) polymorphism in the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase and blood pressure in lead-exposed workers from KoreaMark E Lustberg
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:584-90. 2004..These data provide no evidence that the T allele is associated with higher blood pressure or modifies the association of lead dose with blood pressure... - Relation of alleles of the sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase alpha 2 gene with blood pressure and lead exposureB S Glenn
Department of Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 153:537-45. 2001..However, because the number of subjects (especially African Americans) with the susceptible genotype in this study was small, these observations should be considered preliminary... - Associations of lead exposure and dose measures with erythrocyte protein kinase C activity in 212 current Korean lead workersK Y Hwang
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Toxicol Sci 62:280-8. 2001..These findings suggest that human exposure to lead results in activation of erythrocyte protein kinase C, which may be directly relevant to the neurotoxicity of lead... - Comparison of patella lead with blood lead and tibia lead and their associations with neurobehavioral test scoresCarrie D Dorsey
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:489-96. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: In this study, measurement of patella lead did not aid causal inference regarding cognitive effects when compared with blood lead and tibia lead... - Associations among lead dose biomarkers, uric acid, and renal function in Korean lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:36-42. 2005..In conclusion, our data suggest that older workers comprise a susceptible population for increased uric acid due to lead. Uric acid may be one, but not the only, mechanism for lead-related nephrotoxicity... - The longitudinal association of lead with blood pressureBarbara S Glenn
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Epidemiology 14:30-6. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The results support an etiologic role for lead in the elevation of systolic blood pressure among adult males and are consistent with both acute and chronic modes of action... - Occupational lead exposure and longitudinal decline in neurobehavioral test scoresBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Epidemiology 16:106-13. 2005..Lead likely has an acute effect on neurobehavioral test scores as a function of recent dose and a longer-term (possibly progressive) effect on cognitive decline as a function of cumulative dose... - Predictors of blood lead levels in organolead manufacturing workersM P McGrail
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Med 37:1224-9. 1995..Finally, the data suggest that recent external lead exposure and internal lead stores both influenced blood lead levels in these workers... - Clinical evaluation of 58 organolead manufacturing workersC S Mitchell
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Med 38:372-8. 1996..The clinical presentation and evaluation of workers exposed to organic lead are discussed... - Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and cardiovascular disease: the Baltimore Memory StudyToms Augustin
Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1664-70. 2008.... - Simple visual reaction time in organolead manufacturing workers: comparison of different methods of modeling lead exposure and reaction timeJ M Balbus
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Ind Med 32:544-9. 1997..e., blood lead level) than with cumulative measures (i.e., cumulative exposure). Future studies using SVRT should consider parameters of SVRT that have not been commonly used to date, such as the standard deviation of the SVRT... - Environmental risk factors for Lyme disease identified with geographic information systemsG E Glass
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 85:944-8. 1995..CONCLUSIONS. Combining a geographic information system with epidemiologic methods can be used to rapidly identify risk factors of zoonotic disease over large areas... - Associations between patella lead and blood pressure in lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:336-43. 2008.... - Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and the association of cumulative lead dose with cognitive function in older adultsThomas A Glass
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:683-92. 2009..067; executive functioning, P = 0.025). The joint occurrence of environmental stress and lead exposure across the life span may partially explain persistent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cognitive function in late life... - Are brain volumes based on magnetic resonance imaging mediators of the associations of cumulative lead dose with cognitive function?Brian Caffo
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:429-37. 2008..The approach to evaluating volumetric mediation may have general applicability in epidemiologic neuroimaging settings... - Bone lead levels and blood pressure endpoints: a meta-analysisAna Navas-Acien
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Epidemiology 19:496-504. 2008..We performed a meta-analysis of the association of bone lead levels with systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and hypertension using published data... - Adaptive control of the false discovery rate in voxel-based morphometrySining Chen
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 30:2304-11. 2009..We demonstrate mathematically, with simulations, and with a data example that these procedures provide improved performance over the B-H procedure... - Associations of bone mineral density and lead levels in blood, tibia, and patella in urban-dwelling womenKeson Theppeang
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:784-90. 2008..The objective of this study was to evaluate the relations between bone mineral density (BMD) and lead in blood, tibia, and patella and to investigate how BMD modifies these lead biomarkers in older women... - Apolipoprotein e genotype, cortisol, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adultsBrian K Lee
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:1456-64. 2008..Background: Elevated cortisol indicates stress and may be a risk factor for cognitive decline in aging. Genetic factors may influence individual vulnerability to the adverse effects of stress on cognitive function in aging... - Associations of low-level urine cadmium with kidney function in lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Rm 7041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Occup Environ Med 68:250-6. 2011..Few studies have examined the impact of low-level cadmium exposure in workers who are occupationally exposed to other nephrotoxicants such as lead... - Cumulative lead dose and cognitive function in older adultsKaren Bandeen-Roche
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 21205, USA
Epidemiology 20:831-9. 2009..We evaluated whether cumulative lead dose from environmental exposures is associated with cognitive function and decline, and whether such effects are persistent, reversible, or progressive... - Neighborhoods and obesity in older adults: the Baltimore Memory StudyThomas A Glass
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:455-63. 2006..This study investigated whether neighborhood psychosocial hazards independent of individual risk factors were associated with increased odds of obesity... - Associations of patella lead and other lead biomarkers with renal function in lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:235-43. 2005..We sought to compare associations of patella lead, which may represent a unique cumulative and bioavailable lead pool, with other lead measures in models of renal function... - Confounding of the relation between homocysteine and peripheral arterial disease by lead, cadmium, and renal functionEliseo Guallar
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:700-8. 2006..The association of lead and cadmium with PAD risk deserves further investigation... - Blood lead is a predictor of homocysteine levels in a population-based study of older adultsJyme H Schafer
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:31-5. 2005.... - ApoE genotype, past adult lead exposure, and neurobehavioral functionWalter F Stewart
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:501-5. 2002..In particular, the persistent CNS effect of lead may be more toxic in individuals who have at least one ApoE-Epsilon4 allele... - Homocysteine and cognitive function in a population-based study of older adultsJyme H Schafer
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:381-8. 2005..The data suggest that homocysteine may be a potentially important modifiable cause of cognitive dysfunction... - Effect modification by delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, vitamin D receptor, and nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms on associations between patella lead and renal function in lead workersVirginia M Weaver
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Res 102:61-9. 2006..In conclusion, VDR and/or ALAD genotypes modified associations between all the lead biomarkers, except patella lead, and the renal outcomes... - Protein kinase C activity and the relations between blood lead and neurobehavioral function in lead workersKyu-Yoon Hwang
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:133-8. 2002..We hypothesize that subjects with higher PKC activity in the presence of lead may be more susceptible to the health effects of lead... - Arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidenceAna Navas-Acien
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2223, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:1037-49. 2005..In other populations or in occupational settings, the evidence was inconclusive. Because of the high prevalence of arsenic exposure, carefully performed studies of arsenic and cardiovascular outcomes should be a research priority... - Occupational risk of Lyme disease: an epidemiological reviewJ D Piacentino
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Occup Environ Med 59:75-84. 2002..The availability of a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease makes it necessary for occupational health professionals to make decisions regarding the occupational risk of the disease among employees... - Findings on brain MRI from research studies of occupational exposure to known neurotoxicantsHannah H Alphs
Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Phipps Building, Room B112, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:1043-7. 2006..5% of the subjects. These findings underscore the need for radiologists to evaluate the anatomic images generated by research studies, particularly those with an older population base... - A population-based study of the epidemiology and clinical features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Pennsylvania, 2001-2010J A Casey
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Epidemiol Infect 141:1166-79. 2013..Age, season, community socioeconomic deprivation, obesity, smoking, previous SSTI, and antibiotic administration were identified as independent risk factors for CA-MRSA... - The built environment and obesity: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidenceJing Feng
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Place 16:175-90. 2010..There was very little between-study similarity in methods in both types of approaches, which prevented estimation of pooled effects. The great heterogeneity across studies limits what can be learned from this body of evidence... - Longitudinal evaluation of an educational intervention for preventing tick bites in an area with endemic lyme disease in Baltimore County, MarylandRebecca Malouin
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:1039-51. 2003..The behavioral intervention was associated with an increase in the KAB measures in the intervention group, but this change was not associated with change in ARTCA levels... - Summary of historical beryllium uses and airborne concentration levels at Los Alamos National LaboratoryAleksandr B Stefaniak
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 18:708-15. 2003.... - The pitfalls of hair analysis for toxicants in clinical practice: three case reportsMelissa Frisch
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:433-6. 2002.... - Cumulative lead dose and cognitive function in adults: a review of studies that measured both blood lead and bone leadRegina A Shih
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:483-92. 2007..We review empirical evidence for the relations of recent and cumulative lead dose with cognitive function in adults... - Lead, genetic susceptibility, and risk of adult brain tumorsPreetha Rajaraman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS Room 7085, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2514-20. 2006..The ALAD G177C polymorphism affects the toxicokinetics of lead and may confer genetic susceptibility to adverse effects of lead exposure... - Changes in systolic blood pressure associated with lead in blood and boneBarbara S Glenn
Office of Research and Development, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460, USA
Epidemiology 17:538-44. 2006..It is not clear whether the observed associations reflect an immediate response to lead as a consequence of recent dose or rather are a persistent effect of cumulative dose over a lifetime... - Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism and risk of brain tumors in adultsPreetha Rajaraman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1209-11. 2005..2; 95% CI, 0.7-2.2). No increased risk associated with the ALAD2 variant was observed for glioma or acoustic neuroma. These findings suggest that the ALAD2 allele may increase genetic susceptibility to meningioma... - Multivariate modeling of age and retest in longitudinal studies of cognitive abilitiesEmilio Ferrer
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8686, USA
Psychol Aging 20:412-22. 2005..The authors suggest that although the changes in memory and processing speed may be correlated over time, age alone does not capture such a covariation... - Effects of lead on the adult brain: a 15-year explorationWalter F Stewart
Center for Health Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:729-39. 2007..Historically, there has been minimal concern about the effect of adult lead exposure on the brain. Evidence from recent longitudinal studies raise concerns about the long-term effects of past exposure... - The epidemiology of lead toxicity in adults: measuring dose and consideration of other methodologic issuesHoward Hu
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:455-62. 2007..In addition, we also discuss methodologic challenges that arise in studies of occupationally and environmentally exposed subjects and those concerning race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status and other important covariates... - Recommendations for medical management of adult lead exposureMichael J Kosnett
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80202, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:463-71. 2007..Chelation may have an adjunctive role in the medical management of highly exposed adults with symptomatic lead intoxication but is not recommended for asymptomatic individuals with low blood lead concentrations... - Texaco and its consultantsJaime Breilh
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:217-20. 2005 - Occupational health in BrazilElizabeth Costa Dias
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. lfredo Balena 190/10.024, 30 130-100 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Occup Med 17:523-37, vi. 2002..Also included is a lengthy table covering OSH steps, strategies, and approaches; national needs; and suggestions for international assistance... - Modeling age and retest processes in longitudinal studies of cognitive abilitiesEmilio Ferrer
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Psychol Aging 19:243-59. 2004..It is suggested that both age and retest should be modeled simultaneously when analyzing longitudinal data because part of the change across occasions may be attributable to practice or reactive effects... - The future of environmental medicine in Environmental Health Perspectives: where should we be headed?Brian S Schwartz
Environ Health Perspect 113:A574-6. 2005
Research Grants
- EXPLAINING DISPARITIES IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN SENIORSBrian Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Age, Lead, Exposure, and Neurobehavioral DeclineBrian Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- EXPLAINING DISPARITIES IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN SENIORSBrian Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- EXPLAINING DISPARITIES IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN SENIORSBrian S Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2010....